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What I use and swear by is called Castrol Super Clean. You can find it any place that sells automobile parts. It comes in a big purple container. It works better than anything else I've tried and is safer than most. It has a nice pleasant smell but most importantly it takes any paint off in no...

As the train moves from the yard rounding a curve that snakes past the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, these cars jumped the track. At least it doensn't look like the track was damaged. And as an added bonus these cars give the students at the creative art center an instant...

Next up is a couple progress shots of my Sullivan Wood Products project. As you can see I have given the building a nice coat of tan paint with the white roof. The doors and windows are installed with the exception of a freight door. The remainder of my work is installing all the little detail...

I've managed to put down a little scenery and I do mean little, but hey we all started somewhere.:rolleyes: This is the freight/passenger depot for the Monday Creek branch with a little ground cover installed. I still have a long way to go but so far so good I think. The ballast for most of the...

Great photos as always this week folks!!:thumb: Kevin, I don't think the hillside is too steep but I do think you need to add some things to it. The vision I have in my head is that this is a hill that was cut away to make room for expansion of the lumberyard. It'll be steep and it should have...

Thanks for the responses all. I wasn't sure how to deal with this stuff but you've been a big help. I'll be sure to print these out. Thanks again, IandOFan71

Thanks. She's a nice lookin and nice running unit. I guess it's good for SWP that the Aardvark Central kept her clean. Too bad they didn't do the same with their accounting.:p

Business has been so good at Sullivan Wood Products that they have purchased a slightly used SD24 #427 from the defunct Aardvark Central Railroad. SWP will reletter the unit but the paint and number will stay the same. The SD24 is a bit of overkill for a switcher but the president of SWP is a...

Sullivan Wood Products is beginning to take shape. Next up will be a fresh coat of tan paint and then the roofs, doors and windows will be installed. The small building in the center of the main building will actually rest on the roof when finished.

Greetings all, I have a question about using real material on my layout. I know that if you use dirt that you have to bake it but I think my situation requires a different approach. I model the Athens subdivision of the C&O and I thought what a neat idea it would be create the roadbed on my...

Thank you sir. It definately is a one of a kind.:mrgreen:

Eightyeightfan1, Thanks for the offer but I no longer need the chassis as I was able to find one on an auction late yesterday. Thanks also to doctorwayne for your suggestion as it was an SD24 that I found and won. My SD20-2 has been sidelined from regular service as the old Pemco drive mechanism...

Thanks Wayne, I didn't realize that they used the same chassis but it makes sense. That will definately help in my search.

Chessie System SD20-2 #7700 pulls hard on a string of cars in Logan Yard as Coal Extra #4167 prepares to depart for the coal fields with a long string of empties.

Greetings all, I posted this in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum but figured it would get more views here. I have an SD20-2 with an old Pemco drive that I would like to repower with an Atlas SD35 chassis. If anyone has one of these that they could part with I would be interested in talking with you...

SD35 #7430 is busy switching out hoppers at the Monday Creek mine.

"Tyler: I didn't do it! Cool shot..." No worries Mark and thank you. The crane arrived via the B&O northern Ohio main to Fostoria and down the C&O to Logan. We still haven't figured out how this happened but the crane and boom tender will be repainted at the Logan shops and put into service...

Nice pics this week everyone. The Chessie's Logan yard MOW department has just taken delivery of a big hook and boom tender. Problem is that it arrived in the wrong paint scheme!! A small gathering of MOW workers and suits are discussing the problem. The biggest suit of them all with the white...

Get yourself some Castrol Super Clean. It comes in a big purple gallon container and can be found at most auto parts stores. My dad paints model cars and he recommended this stuff and it really works good. I can leave a locomotive shell completely submerged in it for 3 days and it never even...

Small world indeed. Unfortunately neither the #71 or the excursion trips are still around. I've lost track of the 71, last I knew she was in McCollough yard awaiting sale or a torch. The excursions ended around or with the RailTex takeover and with "Rail"America at the helm now I wouldn't ever...